'weigh down' definitions:
Definition of 'weigh down'
(from WordNet)
verb
verb
Exert a force with a heavy weight; "The snow bore down on the roof" [syn: drag down, bear down, bear down on, press down on, weigh down]
Synonyms of 'weigh down'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ballast,
- bear hard upon,
- burden,
- cramp,
- cripple,
- cumber,
- embarrass,
- encumber,
- enmesh,
- ensnarl,
- entangle,
- entoil,
- entrammel,
- entrap,
- entwine,
- fetter,
- go hard with,
- go ill with,
- hamper,
- hamstring,
- handicap,
- hobble,
- impede,
- involve,
- lame,
- lead,
- lie on,
- lime,
- load,
- lumber,
- net,
- oppress,
- overburden,
- overload,
- press,
- press down,
- sadden,
- saddle with,
- sandbag,
- shackle,
- snarl,
- tangle,
- toil,
- trammel,
- try one,
- weigh heavy on,
- weigh on,
- weigh upon,
- weight,
- weight down